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Filed July 6, 1936 2 vSheets--Sheec 2 rT/C Patented Sept. 28, 1937UNITED sTArss CRIB Harold F. Shaw, Leominster, Mass., assignor to F. A.Whitney Carriage Company, Leominster, Mass., a corporation ofMassachusetts Application July 6, 1936, Serial No. 88,922

1 Claim.

`This invention relates to cribs and the object is to provide animproved construction of crib having provision for shifting the bedproper to facilitate the care of the child.

My invention will be well understood by reference to the followingdescription of an illustrative' embodiment thereof shown by way ofexample in the accompanying drawings, wherein:-

Fig. l is a perspective view of a crib embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view with parts broken away showing the parts inanother position of adjustment;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the parts in a stilldifferent position; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail on an enlarged scale.

It is well known that it is desirable that an infant should not lie flaton his back while feeding. I therefore provide a crib in which the bedmay readily be bodily tilted even while the child reclines thereon andrestored to its original position when desired. Referring to thedrawings, I have there shown a crib of the drop-side type embodying theend members `t and 8, of which the corner posts form a part, a side lextending between the corner posts at the further side of the crib and aspacing stretcher l2 at the nearer side inset from the plane of Vthecorner post to permit the movement of the drop side I4 which is similarto the side l0 but is vertically movable along the guides I6 projectinginwardly from the corner post. The drop side may either rest in thelowered position shown in Fig. 1 or may be raised to an elevation likethat of the side I0, in which position it is sustained by the engagementof the catches I8 with latch 20.

The bed or bed bottom 22 may be of any suitable or usual springconstruction organized on a suitable frame and supports the mattress 24or similar bedding. In the normal position the bed is supported from theend members 6 and 8 in the position of Fig. 1 by means of suitablebrackets such as those shown at 26 at the lefthand end of Fig. 3. Theright-hand end of Fig. 1 may be considered the head of the crib and theconstruction which I am about to describe provides for lifting the sameeven although the child is resting on the bed without any disturbance ordismantling, the foot of the bed turning on its supports 26. Herein Ishow brackets 28 extending inwardly from the two corner posts at thehead, and interposed between these brackets and the overlying side railsof the bed 22 are toggles 3U. The toggles may be straightened to orslightly beyond dead center where they are checked by the stops 32 (Fig.2) and will raise and support the head of the bed to the position ofFig. 2. The child will then rest in an inclined position ready for hisbottle. To straighten the toggles the lower links thereof may beextended 5 downwardly below the brackets 28 and joined to form thebail-like handle 34 which is received within the periphery of the cribenclosure yet is readily accessible at the end of the crib between thelegs at that end for actuation, for instance, by the pressure of thefoot, to raise the head of the bed from the position of Fig. 1 to theposition of Fig. 2.

In the case of very small babies the high sides are not necessary and atvarious times, even with the provision of the drop side as shown, aresomewhat of an inconvenience to the mother in tending the child. Itherefore provide means for supporting the entire bed in a horizontalposition at the elevation of the head or right-hand end in Fig. 2 whendesired. This adjustment of the left-hand end may be a quasi permanentadjustment, and herein the corner posts of the end piece 8 are providedwith studs 36 while the end rail of the bed frame 22 may be providedwith 25 hooks 38 normally folding under the same but adapted to be swungoutwardly to the full line position of Fig. 4 to engage over the studs36 to 'support the left-hand end of the bed, as shown in Fig. 3, at thesame elevation as that at which the right-hand end is supported by thestraightened toggles. In this position the top of the mattress may besubstantially at the level of the top of the drop side I4 in its loweredposition, as clearly seen in Fig. 3. The connection of the hooks 38 withthe studs 36 is a loose one, permitting a swinging movement of the bed,and permits a fourth position not illustrated in which the left-hand endof the bed, which may now bev considered the head, is at the elevationshown in 40 Fig. 3 while the right-hand end may be lowered by collapsingthe toggle. The bed then takes an inclined position at the oppositeinclination from Fig. 2 providing for feeding of the child. Thus in thecase of a very yound child the position of Fig. 3 may be considered anormal position and provision is made for lowering the foot of the bed.When the child grows older, the position of Fig. l may be considered thenormal position and the head of the bed is then elevated to the positionof Fig. 2, the adjustment in either case being effected simply andsecurely by operation of the handle 34.

I am aware that the invention may be embodied in other specific formswithout departing 10 ing and supporting an end of the bed at a higherelevation comprising brackets on the enclosure beneath the same ateither side, toggles between said brackets and an end of the bed movableto a locked position over dead center, the lower links of the togglesbeing continued and. joined as a bail-like handle received Within theperiphery of the enclosure and accessible for manipulation from an endof the crib.

' HAROLD F. SHAW.

